Rail-joint.



PATENTED SEPT. 8, 1908.

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P. Wi ROW. RAIL JOINT. APPLICATIONPILED FEB. ll, 1908.'

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.'

vPORT W. LROW, 0F HILLSBORO, ILLINOIS.

RAIL- JOINT.

No. 898,006. Specification of Application led February 11, 1908. Serial No. 415,390.

To all' 'whom it may concern:

Be 1t known that I, PORT W. Row, acitiv zen of the United States, residing at Hillsboro, in the county of Montgomery and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail-Joints, of which the following is a s iecification. i

y invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in railway rail joints, and it has for its object the provision of means for connect-ing and su porting the Aends of railway rails without tie use of the pavement in which the rails are laid, in order to tighten or renew the boltssccuring the rails. l

With these and othervobjects in view` have produced a connection for railway rails which will securely hold the same together;

and will make a stil, strong joint between;

the same.

In the accompanying drawing constituting"l a partof this application and whereinl haveshown the preferred embodiment of my invention, Figure l is a'perspeetve view of a pair of railsshowing my improved jointa lied thereto; Fig. aside elevation, partly m central section of the rails and the connecting piece interposed between the ends of the rails; Fig. 3 is a plan view of the chairvon which the ends of the rails. are seated.

Figs. 4 and 5 are perspective views of the meeting ends of two rails Aand showing the recesses therein, and Fig. 6 is a similar view of the connecting piece for the rails.

Corresponding numerals indicate like parts in the several iigures't l, l designateapairofrails` rovided at their adjoining ends with screw-t readed recesses .Z. 'Phe rails l are provided at their meeting ends with the enlargexlnents 3 extending outwardly from the wellis thereof and backi wardly to a point beypnd the bottom of the recesses L.

4 is a connecting puede made of the size and contour of the rails l, includlng the enlargenent 'liber-voli; und provided with exten- I t, i u

Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 8, 1908.

sions 5, 5, with right and left hand screw threads thereon which screw into the apen tures in the end faces of the rails 1. The piece 4 may be made of any desired length as may be found necessary in the expansion or contraction of the rails; I'have found it desirable to make said fpiece 4 in' three sizes forl this purpose.

6 designates a chair on which the end s of the rails and coinecting piece intermediate of the ends of the same are seated. This chair is made on its inner edge with an upwardly and inwardly extending clam 7, adaptedr to take over the outer flanges oi) the rails and to confine the same therein. The inner edge of the chair 6 has a plain upper surface'and'is provided therethrough with spike holes, the leads of the spikes when app ied thereto taking over the inner fiangesfof the. rails in a Well known manner. The s ike holes are also provided on the outer si( e of the chair, as shown, to secure that side of the same to t-he ties. The chair is thus 'securely spiked to the ties and extends beyond the joint of therails and the intermediateconnection section to a distance suicient to pro erl support the same, and assists in secure y ho dino` them in proper relation.

While I have shown and described herein the preferred embodiment of my invention,

I do not wish 'to be limited,to the exact form ,so s hown and described, as various modifica- "tions may be made in the details of construction without departing from the scope of my invention.

I claim: 1 1. In a device of the character described, a p'air of rails havin screw-threaded apertures 1n their ends, an( a connecting piece having screw threaded extensions thereon and adapted to be screwed into'said apertures, as

set forth.

I2. In a device'of the character described, a

air of rails having screw-threaded apertures in their ends, and a connecting piece havin extensions thereon provided with right an left hand screw-threads, and adapted to be :screwed into said apertures, as set forth.

3. In a device of, the characterdescribed the combination with a pair of rails provided at their adjacent ends with side extensions formed on the webs thereof, and provided in their ends with a irtures; of a connecting device adapted to' be interposed between the ends of said rhls-` and having the same form of said rails at their connecting ends, and t chair hav"|g on one side thereof an inwardly provided with extensions adapted to enter i extendirur clainp adapted'to trike over the the apertures therein., as set forth. I fianges oiP the connecting rails n .nd provided 15 4. In a device of the character described l at both ofits edges with spike holes whereby the combination with a. pair of rails having the said chair may be spiked to the tics, as side extensions formed in their webs at their set forth.

meeting ends, apertures in their ends,Y and a In testimony .whereof I affix my signature connectin device adapted to be interposed i in presence of two witnesses.

between t ie ends of said rai1s5 of a chair on PORT YV. ROW. which the rails and their intermediate con; l Witnesses.

nectingmdevice are seated, comprising a plate H. R. CRAWFORD,

extending under the joint o the rails, said EDNAH G.. GORDON. 

